OFFICIAL MEMBER MAGAZINE OF GOLF CARD INTERNATIONAL • WWW.GOLFCARD.COM • WINTER 2006 • VOLUME 30 • NUMBER 1 • Complete Course Listings • Member Giveaway • 2006 Tournament Schedule • Grasshopper Clubs GOLF CARD More for Your Membership President • Bruce Hoster More for Your Membership National/Eastern Sales Manager Doug Woods Central Sales Manager • Sean Corrigan Marketing Manager • Kerri Luther You probably joined Golf Card for the great savings on golf at over 3,600 golf courses nationwide. But since we are a member- COURSE OPERATIONS ship club, there is so much more to Golf Card than just saving Eastern Coordinator • Johanna Oland money on golf. We provide many services to support and Central/Western Coordinator • Glenda Henson 800-522-9232 enhance the golf lifestyle of our avid golfer members. Here’s a quick list to give you some ideas on how to get more from your MEMBERSHIP SERVICES membership in 2006. Golf Card ❍ Enjoy some fun tournament golf! 64 Inverness Drive E. Englewood, Colorado 80112 We have nine different Golf Card tournaments scheduled for 800-321-8269 2006. Check the complete list on page 10 of this issue and www.golfcard.com then make your plans to play. Golf Card tournaments are fun, friendly competitions where you can win some great prizes GOLF TRAVELER and meet new people. Publishing/Editorial Director • Valerie Law ❍ Make new friends in a Golf Card Grasshopper Club! Editor • Ken Cohen Golf Card Grasshopper Clubs are a terrific way to enjoy fun tournament golf and meet new Art Director • David Walker friends – all in your own backyard! There are 110 Grasshopper Clubs located across the country, EDITORIAL OFFICES and if you can’t find one in your area, we can help you start one. See page 30 for all the details. 2575 Vista del Mar Drive ❍ Get a dozen golf balls FREE! Ventura, California 93001 805-667-4100 Introduce a new member to Golf Card and we’ll send you a dozen golf balls absolutely free! And better yet, you will automatically be entered into our yearlong Refer-A-Friend Sweep- ADVERTISING OFFICES stakes with a chance to win one of our monthly drawings for $500 cash! See the inside back 64 Inverness Drive E. Englewood, Colorado 80112 cover of this issue for all the details, including some handy tear-out cards you can give to 800-522-9232 friends to make it easy for them to join. Make 2006 the year you refer a friend – or friends – to Fax 877-439-1586 Golf Card. And collect your dozen golf balls free of charge. ❍ Win a golf vacation or some great golf gear! Golf Traveler (ISSN 0191-717X) is published quarter- We will have a new Member Giveaway in each quarterly issue of Golf Traveler this year. Prizes ly by Golf Card International Corporation, 64 Inver- include golf vacations, golf equipment, books, DVD’s and more. To enter all you have to do is ness Drive E., Englewood, Colorado 80112. Editor- visit our web site and register each quarter for the new giveaway. Get all the details on how you ial offices are at 2575 Vista del Mar, Ventura, can win on page 14. California 93001. Subscriptions are $12 for members, included as part of annual membership fees. Cover ❍ Earn an easy $50! rate is $3. Annual fee is $75 for a single membership and $120 for a twosome. Periodical postage is paid Want to earn an easy $50? Just send us your favorite golf story, instruction tip, course, hotel or at Englewood, Colorado, and additional mailing dining recommendation, or your favorite experience using Golf Card. Maybe a great out-of- offices. Canadian Publication Sales Agreement No. the-way course you discovered. Write us with your tip or tale that we can share with fellow 1960466. Golf Card members, and when we publish your story in Golf Traveler, we’ll send you $50. See how to earn your $50 on page 16. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Golf Trav- ❍ Save 10% to 20% on pro shop purchases! eler, attn: Golf Card Membership Services, P.O. Box 7022, Englewood, Colorado 80155-7022. Golf Trav- This may be Golf Card’s best kept secret. You can save 10% to 20% on any pro shop purchase eler assumes no responsibility for unsolicited man- at nearly 1,000 Golf Card affiliates. To find a participating pro shop, just check the affiliate uscripts or artwork. ©2006 by Golf Traveler. All rights listings in this directory and look for those courses that have “(GS 10%)” or “(GS 20%)” as reserved. Contents may not be reprinted or other- the last item (in red) in their listing. Next time you visit that shop, go ahead and buy that shirt wise reproduced without written consent of the pub- or maybe that putter you’ve been wanting, and claim your Golf Card member savings. lisher. Your Golf Card membership can provide you with much more than just savings on golf. Make 2006 the year you get the maximum benefit from your membership in Golf Card. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. Bruce Hoster President, Golf Card International 4 GOLF TRAVELER 4. Resorts on the Stay & Play 5. There is no limitation on the Program honor the Golf Card only number of Stay & Play packages Golf Card Rules on golf packages. Unless they also members may purchase for their participate in the Affiliated Course individual use at affiliated Program, they will not honor Golf resorts—contingent on space Card members with daily availability. AFFILIATED COURSE PROGRAM complimentary green fees or 6. Golf Card savings cannot be used player’s fees. (Resorts on both in combination with other offers. 1. The affiliated golf property will offer programs will be listed in both reduced player’s fees or complimentary directory sections of the annual green fees, when you, the Golf Card Course & Resort Directory.) member: a. Call in advance for a starting For your convenience, our direct customer service number is time, b. Identify yourself as a Golf Card 1-800-321-8269 member, and The Golf Card is nontransferable c. Ask what your cost will be. 2. Use the annual Course & Resort Directory, New Affiliates update in Golf Traveler, or the Golf Card web site directory (www.golfcard.com) to locate participating courses. 3. Members receive a minimum of two rounds annually at each course listed during a participating course’s annual season. 4. During peak seasons, some courses may have limited availability of starting times. 5. Occasionally, affiliated golf courses may offer rates not applicable to Golf Card use. 6. Each Golf Card member is required to pay the rental of a powered golf cart at all courses where the Golf Card is honored. 7. Golf Card savings cannot be used in combination with other offers. 8. Consecutive starting times for multiple groups of Golf Card members are not to be requested of the course, unless for sanctioned Golf Card tournaments and outings. 9. The Golf Card shall not be honored in tournaments or travel-package plans not approved by the Golf Card. 10. Abide by the rules. Preserve your membership and the privileges offered. Violation of these rules may jeopardize golf courses honoring Golf Card. 11. And, most importantly, thank the golf course and leave a positive Golf Card impression! STAY & PLAY PROGRAM 1. Members must make their own reservations and contact resorts directly without going through any other agency. 2. Members must indicate that they carry a valid Golf Card at the time they make reservations. 3. When staying at an affiliated resort, the specific benefits offered in the resort golf package are the only benefits a member may receive. (These benefits should not be confused with the operation of the Affiliated Course Program.) 6 GOLF TRAVELER Guarantee! You’ll Never Play with a Wood Again! The new, patented Controller®II driving iron hits straighter than a driver… farther than a 3-wood… automatically corrects hooks and slices… must cut five stokes or money back! Comments from test moderator. TRIPLE WINNER! 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